mexicana
 

HI I am trying to get from ord to mexico city mexicana airlines has the best price and routing times. I thought there was some conversation recently about them being sold or going out of business, anyone else know of anything?

The Mexican government has been, for a few years, looking to privatize both Mexicana and Aeromexico. They have now engaged a firm (Merrill Lynch, I think) to handle the process but it will likely require at least a year or two to make any progress. Neither airline is in danger of ceasing operations. Book away - soon, because the availability of those good fares can be quite limited!

Both airlines are actually private owned by Cintra, a large Mexican conglomerate.<BR>As for MX, it's OK - just like a US airline, except that the FA's tend to be younger and more "attractive". <BR>What I would definitely go for is a flight on a 757! They fly A320's and 757's to Chicago, and the A320 are NOT equipped with in-flight entertainment, while the 757's are.

Unless you've taken the Mexicana from Cancun through Guadalajara, you haven't lived. The only thing missing are the chickens! Old smelly drunken men and screaming children, boxes tied with string etc. It was the worst flight I've ever been on.

But luckily they had you: the Great White Hope on board to turn up your nose in disdain Kam. I think maybe you have watched Romancing the Stone a few too many times. I fly Mexicana and Aeromexico all the time and have never seen the livestock show you paint the portrait of. What I have seen, in many cases, are decent, simple people excited to be able to afford the extravagence of air travel [as opposed to a hard train ride] to visit their families. Lighten up.